but I have reported two comments as they state things such as my article contains "no visible code"

There is no local version of the download. As we've said previously, having a local copy is important - even if it's an older version. Links to external sites break, or are blocked, or developers just move on, and so having only an external link means articles get orphaned from their code and become unusable.

I'd say no, and I've raised this with the author. He's a hostile little tick, and it's taking me all my efforts not to remove that part of the article, or remove his article altogether (yes, I can do that). I'll flag this with Chris or Sean, as I think they are so snowed that they've missed this thread.

The second paragraph in your article is headed "Donations", and it specifically tells people how to donate. In my book that is soliciting for them. In the bold print before the introduction you have "Anyone wishing to use this code in their projects may do so, however are required to leave a post on this page stating that they are using this.", which is demanding. Neither of these parts of the article are in line with the general philosophy of CodeProject.

Unfortunately we do not condone donations in articles as it would set an unfortunate precedent. We've seen it a few times in the past and I've asked those authors to remove the donations sections from their articles as well.

As you were able to find a couple of articles (and I'll emailing them after this), if one article exists that has donations, other authors can likewise point to it, or it encourages more to follow.

Would you be willing to remove that donation section from your article? Also, we note that your download is hosted off site. We're happy to keep that link there for the "latest" files, but we do ask you to host a local copy of the source as well.

Then everyone starts asking for donations and, all of a sudden, people stop coming to Code Project for their code because they see people asking for money - and the perception is, that the code is no longer free.

I certainly would if I had seen them. Like you I do not see every article that gets posted so I can only report the ones I see. If the administrators are happy with this article then that's fine with me, I am just asking for their guidance.

Hm, I would assume that asking for some "registration" to alert the author that the code is being used is okay - as an acknowledgment to the author? But from what I gather - it's not really in form of the CodeProject "philosophy."

In one of the Bizarre Emails, Smrithi Vijayan informed me that my article
"Image Inpainting using Texture Inpainting " ( I dont know the link 'cause is no more) is deleted as I hosted the code elsewhere.

The mail: "has been deleted because it lacks any source code. CodeProject is for sharing of source code and is not just a shareware or file sharing site so we do require that all articles include source code."

In all my articles I have hosted the code in my domian. That simply means all my articles violate your TOC probably? Delete them all then!

And I am going to post 100s and 100s of article links where code is hosted at a different domain. Delete all of them.

And please let me understand your source code submission guidelines. Provide Code ( If appropriate)
And define 'appropriate' instead of leaving it that way to help people know more.

If you do not allow articles without code in codeproject than mention it.
An article is an article which offers a solution to a problem. I had given a simple algorithm which even I have not yet published in a paper! A code is for lamers who cant work hard to copy paste the codes in the article to make a working system.

And, please dont come bashing me here. I do not intend to run into any arguments.

"Code Project is for sharing source code". Thanks for letting me know this most hilarious quote! And also thanks for letting me know that "Algorithm section is also meant for Sharing Code" and also that "article must be also about code".

We can certainly remove your articles if you wish, though while we ask that a local copy of your source code be provided, we're also more than happy for you to provide a link to an offsite copy if that helps.

The reason that we ask that at least a local copy of your code is that, in our 12 years of experience in hosting and sharing code, we see an extremely high rate of broken links in offsite sources. In fact, at the time we implemented this policy we were seeing a 100% broken link rate.

CodeProject is an article and code hosting site. We're not a links site, but we also don't require exclusivity. If you wish to have your code exclusively on another site then that's certainly your choice. For us, though, the most important thing is ensuring that when a member reads an article there is always a download of that source code (even an old one) available to them.

Did any member inform me to upload a local copy of code or any such things? Have in my record I have ever not responded to any senior member or editor's message? Where I am supposed to load the file? Article's link is missing from author's panel :(

When you submit an article using our upload form for posting by editors you should pack everything (HTML, images, zips) into one package and submit that. http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/Submit.aspx[^] says "Write your article, gather your images and download files, and zip them all together in one file."

If you post using the submission wizard then the area to upload files is on the right of the editor, and is labelled "Upload files". Click the Add file button, choose your file, then hit "upload files".

Ok, I have figured that out. I searched it in Google and traced the actual URL and changed it. But do you think Deleted code should be deleted from Author's Control panel also? How am I suppose to incorporate the necessary changes?

Here is a plethora of resources on writing articles. Tips are similarly structured, but often smaller in scope, solving smaller, specific coding problems in a "tip" or "trick" fashion.

Please let me know if you have any questions or require clarifications and I would be happy to help.

CodeProject articles have a certain layout to follow, so that users can learn the most from them. Each article attempts to answer the following questions: What problem does this solution solve? How does this help someone else? How does the code actually work? What is going on inside the code snippets?

Here is a submission from a first time author who did a terrific job, just to give you a basic overview of what a beginner article might look like:Avoiding InvokeRequired[^]

I have been in correspondence with the author of this article[^], but when I follow the link from the CP Home page thus[^], the comments no longer show. Am I alone in finding the new article system somewhat confusing?

Yes, I noticed that earlier, it seems the author did not take too kindly to our suggestions.

However, the issue still remains that the new comments system on articles does get a bit confusing at times. I'm not sure there is an easy answer but maybe you good people could bear it in mind when planning the next update.

It's not always clear where to put comments when there are two "Add comments here" blocks. This becomes more confusing when the poster makes revisions, or in some cases deletes and reposts the same article. In the case I was referring to I was involved in a discussion with the poster about the quality and content of the article. However, if someone else came and clicked the link on the home page (as I did), the article showed without any comments.

It seems the web only show few article now. For example, I even cann't see the CGridCtrl artitle in 'Miscellaneous' part of 'Desktop Development' chapter. I want to select one from all articles. So I need to see all article topics. How to setup?

Sometimes the article editor becomes like a wild stallion that needs to be soothed, and usually in those cases it's because something was inside there it didn't like. I'd be happy to work with you on your next update to make sure everything goes perfectly. Please feel free to email me the code of your next update, or the HTML you were using for your current one.